Llano del Rio was a commune (or "colony") located in what is now Llano, California, east of Palmdale in the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County. The colony was devised by lawyer and …

2017年5月1日 · Deep in the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County, directly off State Route 138, are the forlorn ruins of a sunbaked, desert ghost town. Large stone chimneys, …

As a short-lived, inclusive experiment in American socialism, Llano Del Rio may have been successful—but in terms of fostering an authentically egalitarian community free of racism it …

2018年11月1日 · The Llano del Rio commune offered a way out of the “circle the drain” life of most Americans. More importantly, it did so while forcibly demonstrating to the rest of the …

2024年6月17日 · There are no highway signs and no bronze plaques — the only monument was swiftly stolen back in the early 1980s — to mark the former site of the Llano del Rio settlement …

2016年1月8日 · Today the ruined foundations of the Llano Del Rio socialist colony look like the remains of some ancient settlement, but less than a century ago, the site was an optimistic …

1989年5月28日 · Two men, father and son, make their way through a strange desert landscape of vegetation, garbage and stone. Tony Vacik and Tony Vacik Jr. stop in front of the squat stone …

On May 1, 1914, the Socialist colony of Llano Del Rio was founded in the Antelope Valley, about 70 miles northeast of Los Angeles, on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert. It lasted about …

100 years later the ruins of Llano del Rio can still be found along California Highway 138. A Google Maps review warned us that it's only home to rattlesnakes today, but sadly we were …

2024年3月19日 · There is no marker on the road where the diverse ruins of the former Llano del Rio colony rest in the Mojave Desert.